Senate probes ex-Pres. Duterte’s ICC arrest

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00:00The Justice Chief, DILG head Honcho and the controversial CIDG boss, Police Major General

00:06Nicolas Torres showed up for the expected grilling in today's Senate hearing on the

00:10former president's arrest and handover to the ICC.

00:14All three officials held their ground and maintained the former president was treated

00:18respectfully and humanely despite highly stressful situations and adverse reactions from members

00:24of Duterte's immediate family.

00:26Reporter Daniel Manalastas fills us in with more.

00:33More than a week after the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte because of the issuance

00:38of warrant of arrest from the International Criminal Court, the Senate conducted its investigation.

00:44Government officials heeded the call and joined forces to defend its legality before the Senators.

00:50National Security Advisor Eduardo Año denied that there is a grand conspiracy for Duterte's

00:55arrest.

00:56It was only on Tuesday morning, March 11, 2025, that I learned that there was already

01:03an Interpol red notice and that the ICC warrant of arrest would be served.

01:09There was also no intelligence operation.

01:11It is utterly unacceptable and unfair that my name is being dragged into an alleged grand

01:18conspiracy.

01:20I firmly deny any allegations of a grand conspiracy.

01:25My loyalty is always to the country, to the Constitution, and not to any person.

01:30Lawmakers along some government officials debate regarding the ICC's jurisdiction.

01:35Justice Secretary Boeing Remulia explained to Senators about this issue.

01:40As non-members of the ICC and as a state, the ICC has no jurisdiction over us as a country.

01:48But over the individuals who may have committed crimes that violate international humanitarian

01:52law.

01:53I think that is a universal value being held by the whole world today, that people can

02:00cross borders and hide behind boundaries so that they can run away from the law.

02:06International humanitarian law is something adopted.

02:08The principles are adopted by more than 150 countries throughout the world.

02:12He also denied they had talked with the ICC and the kidnapping allegations.

02:17Remulia also invoked the legal basis of the arrest.

02:21Whatever relationship we have is on an arm's length basis, meaning very transparent if

02:26ever.

02:27But we have never spoken to them.

02:29Not the kidnapping or the extraordinary remission?

02:31Not the kidnapping.

02:32There was no kidnapping, ma'am.

02:33The international humanitarian law gives us two options, extradition or surrender.

02:39And we chose the path, surrender path, ma'am.

02:41We have the Republic Act, 9851, which states that extradition or surrender is allowed.

02:48We chose the executive action, surrender, ma'am.

03:04Senators, meanwhile, grilled the Philippine National Police on how they served and enforced

03:08arrest warrant against the former president.

03:11The DILG, meanwhile, assured the former president was extended his right to seek legal remedy.

03:18They had their chance to seek legal remedy, as shown by the actions of their lawyers by

03:24approaching the Supreme Court.

03:27So there was no due process denied, ma'am.

03:48To make it very, very clear to them that we are already very, very serious.

03:54Senators, meanwhile, believe that Duterte should have been afforded a special act of

03:58courtesy as a former president of the Republic.

04:01Can you justify why you said that he's lying?

04:11The threat of he's lying was not towards the president, the former president.

04:17It was ensued after a heated argument between his counsel and General Tore.

04:24In no way was the former president threatened with bodily harm.

04:28Lawyer sir, attorney Miguel Della, and actually sir, after that, I actually went back to him,

04:34placed handcuffs on him after reading his rights and arrested him for obstruction of justice.

04:39You should have given a little courtesy or respect to the former presidents.

04:45Tore said former President Duterte was able to diffuse or ease the tension from getting worse,

04:50after the former president volunteered to cooperate with the operatives.

04:54Vice President Sara Duterte, meanwhile, faced the Senate panel online.

04:58That is all the stats from National TV for New and Better Philippines.

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